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How do you pronounce forehead?

161 replies

AintNobodyHereButUsChickens · 14/03/2025 11:37

Fore-head or forrid?

I’ve always said fore-head but I’m currently listening to the Harry Potter audiobooks and Stephen Fry says forrid and it’s really annoying.

Which is correct? Or is it one of those regional things? (I’m in Lincolnshire)

OP posts:
Peaceandquietandacuppa · 14/03/2025 19:24

There was a little girl,
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good
She was very, very good,
And when she was bad she was horrid.

Doesn’t really work with FORE HEAD does it, but it does work with forrid. It’s a word that people have forgotten how to pronounce, probably Americanised.

LittleBigHead · 14/03/2025 19:24

Forred.

RP accent

thatmistylight · 14/03/2025 19:24

Forrid

glacancalman · 14/03/2025 19:25

Forred. Sometimes shortened to fod.

Funnywonder · 14/03/2025 19:27

We say forrid in NI. Most of us are anything but posh😆

PrettayGood · 14/03/2025 19:29

I hate all the American pronunciations that have become acceptable; fore-head being one of them. (But I am a part-time elocution/english pronunciation coach, so these things matter to me.)

JockTamsonsBairns · 14/03/2025 19:30

I say 4 hedd. But, I'm Glaswegian so everything is pronounced 😂

downbadd · 14/03/2025 19:34

Forred - south wales

Wonmoretime · 14/03/2025 19:34

Forred

828Pax · 14/03/2025 19:39

Gosh that's unlocked a memory!! I thought I'd always said fore-head however reading forrid has reminded me that this is what my nan and grandad used to call it and I did as a child!

RaraRachael · 14/03/2025 19:41

JockTamsonsBairns · 14/03/2025 19:30

I say 4 hedd. But, I'm Glaswegian so everything is pronounced 😂

I'm Aiberdeen so it would be fore-heed 😅

greengreyblue · 14/03/2025 19:49

Peaceandquietandacuppa · 14/03/2025 19:24

There was a little girl,
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good
She was very, very good,
And when she was bad she was horrid.

Doesn’t really work with FORE HEAD does it, but it does work with forrid. It’s a word that people have forgotten how to pronounce, probably Americanised.

This

upinaballoon · 14/03/2025 19:56

I say fore-head, except if I say the rhyme

There was a little girl and she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forr-ed.
When she was good, she was very, very good
And when she was bad she was horrid.

Edit to say, "Snap." I was typing slowly while greengreyblue was posting.

user2848502016 · 14/03/2025 20:35

Fore-head but I don’t think either way is correct it’s just about where you come from

SirDanielBrackley · 14/03/2025 21:39

Forrid. South London here.

PandoraSox · 14/03/2025 21:42

Forrid here in my part of Wales.

CharlotteCChapel · 14/03/2025 22:15

Fore( slight pause a schwa?) Ed . I'm always being told I talk funny. It's Welsh intonation in a neutral accent.

Jules198711 · 14/03/2025 22:19

Fore head. My DD aged 6 says "fourth head" 😂

TomPinch · 14/03/2025 22:19

Forrid. London, originally.

Strawberryorangejuice · 14/03/2025 22:20

Forehead - Surrey/hampshire

TomPinch · 14/03/2025 22:20

JockTamsonsBairns · 14/03/2025 19:30

I say 4 hedd. But, I'm Glaswegian so everything is pronounced 😂

Followed by a Glasgow kiss on the 4 hedd?

Mumofyellows · 14/03/2025 22:25

Fore head

EveryOtherNameTaken · 14/03/2025 22:36

Forrid. Moved about a lot as a kid. Mum from Midlands, dad from SW.

TeacherLily · 14/03/2025 22:58

Fore head. With slight emphasis on the Fore.

Fourecks · 14/03/2025 23:02

Forred. I'm Australian.